Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 66

Devanagari script

गौतम उवाच । कच्चित्ते कुशलं राजन्कच्चित्ते पदमव्ययम्

Transliteration

gautama uvāca | kaccitte kuśalaṃ rājankaccitte padamavyayam

Translation

ਗੌਤਮ ਨੇ ਕਿਹਾ: “ਹੇ ਰਾਜਨ, ਕੀ ਤੇਰਾ ਕੁਸ਼ਲ-ਮੰਗਲ ਹੈ? ਕੀ ਤੂੰ ਅਵਿਨਾਸ਼ੀ ਅਤੇ ਨਿਸ਼ਚਿੰਤ ਪਦ ਨੂੰ ਪ੍ਰਾਪਤ ਕੀਤਾ ਹੈ?”

Word by Word

• गौतमः: Gautama
• गौतमः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गौतम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचनम्

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriyā (मुख्यक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुषः (3rd person), एकवचनम्; परस्मैपदम्

• कच्चित्: whether/indeed?
• कच्चित्: Sambandha (प्रश्न)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कच्चित् (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रश्नार्थक-निपातः (interrogative particle: “is it the case that…?”)

• ते: your
• ते: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचनम्; (कुशलम्) सम्बन्धः

• कुशलम्: well-being
• कुशलम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुशल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचनम्

• राजन्: O king
• राजन्: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, सम्बोधन (Vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचनम्

• कच्चित्: whether?
• कच्चित्: Sambandha (प्रश्न)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कच्चित् (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रश्नार्थक-निपातः

• ते: your
• ते: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचनम्; (पदम्) सम्बन्धः

• पदम्: state/position
• पदम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचनम्

• अव्ययम्: imperishable/unchanging
• अव्ययम्: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अव्यय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचनम्; (पदम्) विशेषणम्

Speaker

Gautama

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Gautama addresses the king with calm compassion, right hand slightly raised in blessing; the king listens, still burdened but steadied by the sage’s auspicious words.

Characters & Entities

• Gautama
• King (Rājan)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharmic inquiry begins with welfare and the search for an enduring refuge—worldly well-being aligned with imperishable spiritual grounding.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

None; it is a conversational opening in the narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.